HELOC / Home equity loan to purchase a property?

HELOC / Home equity loan to purchase a property?

Investor · Denver CO, USA · Member since 2016 · 107 posts · 27 votes
Hello BP community! This is my very first post. I signed up for this website about 20 minutes ago. I'm looking for a little advice. I'd like to start out and explain my situation. I do not consider myself and expert in the housing market. I know enough to have an intellectual conversation but maybe not enough to be dangerous just yet. That said, I own two properties. 1 of which I live in and the other of which I rent out. My LTV on my properties are pretty low. Currently I have about %20 LTV in the place I live that I just bought and the rental about %66. Total cash amount would be about $120k-150k in total for both properties. I have been thinking about purchasing a true investment property in a destination location (beach or mountains). Two reasons. One, selfishly so that I can visit it whenever I want! But secondly, because the markup to rent out vacation places are much higher. So the idea is that I could make a higher yield on the vacation rental. Since I don't have enough cash on hand to buy a 3rd place I've considered taking out either a HELOC or a home equity loan to fund the down payment. My question is, is that a good investment or a poor decision? Obviously my goal would be to make positive cash flow (40%-%50). Looking forward to any advice!
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  • Joe SplitrockPro Member
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    Rental Property Investor · Sioux Falls, SD · Member since 2015 · 9k+ posts · 18k+ votes
    10y

    I have looked into vacation rentals when on vacation. It sounds great to have a place to vacation and to rent it the rest of the year, so I got excited. After running numbers I decided I could get a better ROI finding a local investment. You can self manage it and if there is a problem, it is down the street. When the market turns bad, vacation rentals are the first to fall in value. If you buy a family home in a working class area, you can count on better stability. This is just my opinion. Good luck.

  • Investor · Denver CO, USA · Member since 2016 · 107 posts · 27 votes
    10y
    Thanks Joe. I have a rental home in the community I live in. To your point, it definitely makes it easy when something breaks. I am about 1 mile away so it's very convenient. If I went the vacation rental route I would then have to take on a property management company which would eat into my profit, but could be worth it depending on how much of a return I get.
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